Application device

Abstract

The invention relates to an application device, in particular for planar or bar-shaped workpieces of wood, comprising a device for applying a strip or an adhesive to an adhesive bonding surface of the workpiece, in particular for the adhesive bonding of the workpiece to an element to be adhesively bonded, the application device being of modular design, having a number of sub-devices for performing partial process steps.

1 . An application device, in particular for board-shaped or bar-shaped workpieces from lumber, having a device for applying a tape or an adhesive to an adhesive-bonding face of the workpiece, in particular for adhesively bonding the workpiece to an element to be adhesively bonded, wherein the application device is of modular configuration, having a number of sub-devices for carrying out process sub-steps. 
     
     
         2 . The application device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein an adhesive tape is applied as the tape, and/or an adhesive tape as the adhesive and/or a liquid adhesive and/or pasty adhesive are/is applied. 
     
     
         3 . The application device as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the adhesive tape is a double-sided adhesive tape having two mutually opposite adhesive sides, which by way of one adhesive side is adhesively bonded to the adhesive-bonding face of the workpiece, wherein the other adhesive side is available for adhesively bonding an element to be adhesively bonded. 
     
     
         4 . The application device as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the adhesive tape is a one-sided adhesive tape having one adhesive side and one non-adhesive side, which by way of the non-adhesive side is adhesively bonded to the adhesive-bonding face of the workpiece by means of a previously applied adhesive, wherein the adhesive side is available for adhesively bonding an element to be adhesively bonded. 
     
     
         5 . The application device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a cleaning device for cleaning the workpiece or at least the adhesive-bonding face of the workpiece is provided. 
     
     
         6 . The application device as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the cleaning device is configured having a blower device and/or having a brush device. 
     
     
         7 . The application device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a router device is provided by means of which a surface or a surface coating of a workpiece can be removed, in particular only in regions, so as to clear a surface region to be adhesively bonded or coated or an adhesive-bonding face. 
     
     
         8 . The application device as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the blower device generates a gas or air flow which is directed onto the workpiece, in particular onto the adhesive-bonding face of the workpiece. 
     
     
         9 . The application device as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the gas or air flow is capable of being temperature-controlled, such as heated, by means of a temperature control device. 
     
     
         10 . The application device as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the brush device has at least one brush which at a relative speed between the brush and the workpiece cleans the latter by brushing. 
     
     
         11 . The application device as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the at least one brush of the brush device performs a translatory and/or rotary movement. 
     
     
         12 . The application device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one coating device for applying a coat of at least one coating material such as a primer, a base coat, a lacquer, a pretreatment agent, a wood protection agent and/or a cleaning agent and/or a liquid adhesive and/or a pasty adhesive is provided. 
     
     
         13 . The application device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the coating device applies the coat of the at least one coating material to the workpiece by means of at least one nozzle, one roll, roller, etc. 
     
     
         14 . The application device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a drying device for drying the at least one applied coat of coating material is provided. 
     
     
         15 . The application device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the drying device has a blower nozzle, a heater device, an infrared heater device, wherein the blower nozzle is provided for blowing by means of optionally heated air or gas. 
     
     
         16 . The application device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a device for guiding and/or aligning the workpiece is provided. 
     
     
         17 . The application device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a transport device for transporting the workpiece is provided. 
     
     
         18 . The application device as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein the transportation of the workpiece takes place along the device for guiding and/or aligning the workpiece. 
     
     
         19 . The application device as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein the transport device has transport rolls, at least one transport chain and/or at least one transport belt and/or at least one transport conveyor. 
     
     
         20 . The application device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a cross-cut device for cross-cutting or cutting-to-length, respectively, the tape or the adhesive tape is provided. 
     
     
         21 . The application device claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the cross-cut device cross-cuts or cuts-to-length, respectively, the tape at the end of the workpiece. 
     
     
         22 . The application device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a positioning unit and/or guide unit for placing the tape and/or the adhesive tape on the workpiece is provided for the tape and/or the adhesive tape. 
     
     
         23 . The application device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least some of the modules or the modules are disposed in a closed chamber region which is surrounded by a casing. 
     
     
         24 . The application device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a device by means of which the ambient conditions within the casing, such as the temperature and/or the air humidity, for example, are capable of being set is provided. 
     
     
         25 . A method for applying a tape or an adhesive to an adhesive-bonding face of a workpiece, in particular for adhesively bonding the workpiece to an element to be adhesively bonded, by way of an application device as claimed in  claim 1 .